'He's not going to be president forever': Pritzker vows accountability for Trump officials
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The U.S. military deployed on the streets of America. Whole communities targeted for removal. And when accountability finally came knocking, the burn order to cover it all up. Rachel Meadow presents Burn Order. All episodes available now.
It's all in on this Tuesday night. The briefing with Jen Psaki starts right now. Good evening, Jen.
Chris, it's so hard to summarize the hellscape we've all lived through over the last year since it's one year. And you did. I just watched your entire show. Incredible job doing that and also touching on the news that we're living in. I'm going to try to do my best with that. I have some big help from Governor Pritzker and Governor Moore. Oh, that's great.
That's great.
Yeah. So I'm going to get right to it. But lots to talk about. Looking forward to seeing your book events, too. Have a great night.
Thanks, Jen.
OK, as I just noted, as I think you were all probably tracking, it has been one year since Donald Trump returned to the White House and began his absolute assault on what most of us believe in fundamentally. And to mark the occasion, he decided to hold a press conference where he did what he always does, ramble incoherently for approximately 80 minutes before taking some questions. Now, it was clear from the outset that this was supposed to be some kind of a special appearance where Trump would list all of the things his White House considers his biggest accomplishments one year in. They announced it in advance. There was a whole lead-up countdown in the briefing. He had a big stack of paper. They wanted him to basically go out there and sell his first year, as insane as it was.
But that idea went straight into the waste bin as soon as Trump started talking. And I don't mean that as some sort of figurative turn of phrase.
Here's the book on accomplishments. Here's the book. These are all things we have. I'm going to read a few of the samples, but look at this. These are all, each line is something that we did. Nobody did that before. And it's big stuff, too. Look, we have the hottest country in the world.
I mean, some poor White House staffers, I'm just going to feel for them for just a moment here, probably spent weeks drafting that, searching for anything in the past year they could spin in their own warped version of a Trump policy achievement. And Trump definitely did not read it in advance. That's clear. He flipped through it. Good for him. And apparently didn't feel like reading it in the moment. So he just literally tossed it to the side on the floor.
How did Jen Psaki summarize Trump's one-year press conference and performative use of power?
That sound you heard, was it thumping on the floor? which isn't really surprising at all when you think about it, because the man is not a policy wonk, and he does not actually care about anything you might call a policy achievement, even those wackadoo ones they spun up from his team. What Trump cares about, which is very clear, is performatively exercising power. And he also made that very clear again today over the course of almost two hours in the briefing room. Take what he had to say about Greenland.
How far are you willing to go to acquire Greenland?
You'll find out. You'll find out. It's like he's in a Western movie or something. I mean, there are European forces literally amassing in Greenland given the threat. Most European leaders, the United States relies on for a range of things and has for decades are irate, to put it mildly. And his answer was to make his plans for Greenland some sort of a weirdly phrased guessing game with a wink. But wait, there's more.
Earlier on last year, you had mentioned, you had indicated that you wanted to take back the Panama Canal. I know we've heard a lot about Greenland. Is that still on the table? I don't want to tell you that.
Sort of. I must say, sort of. First of all, of all the things happening, what a key hard-hitting question there from the White House briefing room. But the more important point is Trump is like the little boy playing battleship, a weak leader who aspires to use the military to get whatever he wants whenever he wants it.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:35
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How did Jen Psaki summarize Trump's one-year press conference and performative use of power?
2:35–16:16
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What examples did the hosts give of Trump normalizing military presence in U.S. cities?
16:16–29:23
4
How did the Minneapolis incidents and Renee Nicole Good's death highlight federal-local conflict?
29:23–38:00
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How did Minnesota police describe abuses by federal agents and its impact on communities?
38:00–45:09
Speakers
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